road testDefinition of road test noun a test of the performance of a vehicle or engine on the road: our March 1995 road test of this vehicle a test of equipment carried out under actual operating conditions. verb (road-test) [with object] test (a vehicle or engine) on the road: Ford is currently road-testing this engine in the Fiesta try out (something) under actual operating conditions for review or prior to purchase or release:we road-tested a new laptop computerroad test in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of road test in the US English dictionary